2026-07-16T05:54:00Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz PikaSim https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/npub1vtwqkw59q7heudskvx9g92d8wrvc0lj8a2qe34ul6x7hc3vpxy4qzfnulm https://pikasim.com/img/nostr-avatar.png https://pikasim.com/img/nostr-avatar.png https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs8dpx05wkdch6rstvp3sqrkqh7mgecg3zqeu72sp9xpgvcwk5mf4szyp3dcze6s5r6l83kzesc4q4f5acdnpl7gl4grxxhnlgm6lz9sycj5cfzc5n GrapheneOS is the most honest project in mobile privacy about what it cannot fix. From its own docs on the modem and the SIM:<br/><br/>&#34;Yes, the baseband is isolated on all of the officially supported devices.&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;A component being on a separate chip is orthogonal to whether it&#39;s isolated.&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;There&#39;s a lot of attack surface between the baseband and the kernel/userspace software stack connected to it.&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;Connecting to your carrier&#39;s network inherently depends on you identifying yourself to it and anyone able to obtain administrative access.&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;eSIM management on GrapheneOS doesn&#39;t require any dependency on Google Play, and it never shares data to Google Play even when installed.&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;It won&#39;t connect to a Google service unless the carrier uses one themselves.&#34;<br/><br/>The OS can wall off the modem. It cannot change what the network knows about the line. That part is decided when you pick the SIM.<br/><br/>@GrapheneOS 2026-10-15T21:16:41Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs8cqm3mmv4yz66gr93ch7td06slt7cdp04nvzgh2zk0xcgjlaswlgzyp3dcze6s5r6l83kzesc4q4f5acdnpl7gl4grxxhnlgm6lz9sycj5zmy329 Good morning from Vegas! 2026-10-15T16:47:20Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsz0twu6lwdw4dnthshu5m3r2epjdxzf4gxlds6whyg7wp0h40hr8qzyp3dcze6s5r6l83kzesc4q4f5acdnpl7gl4grxxhnlgm6lz9sycj5dmkvtw Citizen Lab says it now has technical proof that a targeted ad can install mercenary spyware with no tap, no click, nothing. The ads ran through the same mainstream exchanges that serve everyone else.<br/><br/>&#34;This is the first-ever public confirmation of zero-click mercenary spyware delivered via targeted ads.&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;The malicious advertisements were purchased by Discover-Tech, an Israeli company that presents itself as a legitimate advertising company&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;Discover-Tech’s ads also covertly directed millions of devices to contact Candiru’s servers, likely for large-scale tracking and reconnaissance.&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;Discover-Tech has also leveraged the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) consent frameworks to target users within the European Union.&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;The auction system is designed to enable targeting single individuals based on their mobile advertising ID, cookie ID, IP address, and other identifiers.&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;the simple display of a targeted ad is enough for infection&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;At least 45 devices within Al Jazeera were targeted in these attacks.&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;Discover-Tech ads were displayed in over 70,000 mobile apps, and over 120,000 websites between March and June 2026.&#34;<br/><br/>The ad auction turns an advertising ID and an IP address into a targeting key, which is why both are worth keeping boring.<br/><br/>@citizenlab 2026-10-15T14:02:44Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsqn2e4c67kfps69gl8glg3d499xzs234x78sr75mq90grfqld9rsqzyp3dcze6s5r6l83kzesc4q4f5acdnpl7gl4grxxhnlgm6lz9sycj557vc7c Votre numéro de téléphone est devenu une pièce d&#39;identité sans que personne ne vote.<br/><br/>La banque l&#39;indexe, les applications s&#39;en servent pour vous authentifier, les courtiers en données relient tout ce que vous faites grâce à lui. Changer de numéro revient à perdre l&#39;accès à sa propre vie.<br/><br/>Une eSIM de données achetée sans compte ni email ne remplace pas votre ligne principale. Elle évite simplement que chaque nouvelle application sache qui vous êtes. 2026-10-14T21:20:50Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqswdaueywnet37yr94s8d43skdm9c50cyrfwf7mtl78w7ln7687p4gzyp3dcze6s5r6l83kzesc4q4f5acdnpl7gl4grxxhnlgm6lz9sycj5g247qg Google is quietly linking your phone number across every signed-in account, even ones you never gave it to directly. Your number is becoming the master key to your identity whether you agreed or not. 2026-10-14T19:00:11Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqstxqyk5yl5jkglnx2awsr5hy2uksz7g774ph0tem0p3zcpcy2dvvgzyp3dcze6s5r6l83kzesc4q4f5acdnpl7gl4grxxhnlgm6lz9sycj59r623x Live abroad and let your US number lapse and you find out fast how many things assumed you&#39;d keep it. Bank logins, 2FA codes, the IRS, old accounts you forgot about.<br/><br/>A real carrier +1 line you can hold from anywhere fixes that. Not VoIP, so the bank&#39;s check doesn&#39;t bounce it. 2026-10-13T21:14:39Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsrzd7dfyxmkwycr49xcuqufpnyldgre7ery5nc07ct5kgxvuu33fgzyp3dcze6s5r6l83kzesc4q4f5acdnpl7gl4grxxhnlgm6lz9sycj5tt2gyj GrapheneOS lets you deny an app internet access. Just a toggle, same as camera or location.<br/><br/>Stock Android has no such thing. Every app gets the network the moment you install it. Try switching it off for your calculator and your keyboard and see what actually breaks. 2026-10-12T21:27:47Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsyp9ns84s6uah2smvjuh9z99dxkuj6zf59aeexalndde6mf0fu74gzyp3dcze6s5r6l83kzesc4q4f5acdnpl7gl4grxxhnlgm6lz9sycj5tc6ug8 Don&#39;t give your name for a phone plan. Carriers collect location data. In 2024 the FCC fined major U.S. carriers over sharing it without proper consent. A name on the plan links that location history to you. 2026-10-12T16:22:25Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqswrmcgrx33nluu97zyr0sscuxlz5h2p3hy7633nv6lnfzpg785pcqzyp3dcze6s5r6l83kzesc4q4f5acdnpl7gl4grxxhnlgm6lz9sycj59p2fhc Chat Control 2.0 revient régulièrement sur la table. Le principe ne change pas : analyser vos messages sur votre téléphone, dans l&#39;application, avant le chiffrement.<br/><br/>Ce que ça implique pour vous, ce qui protège encore et ce qui ne protège pas : un guide en français, sans jargon. 2026-10-11T21:26:29Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqst7ur92yzqct3tktmya0fztskma37w2vqt8u239zknz0h5pr5v7zqzyp3dcze6s5r6l83kzesc4q4f5acdnpl7gl4grxxhnlgm6lz9sycj533rme0 In April 2024 the FCC fined AT&amp;T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon close to $200 million for selling customers&#39; location data. The Commission&#39;s own words on what they did:<br/><br/>&#34;Carriers Sold Access to Location Data to Third Parties Without Customer Consent and Continued to Do So Without Reasonable Safeguards&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;These carriers failed to protect the information entrusted to them.&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;customers’ real-time location information, revealing where they go and who they are&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;which in many instances meant that no valid customer consent was obtained&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;the carriers continued to sell access to location information without taking reasonable measures to protect it from unauthorized access&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;When placed in the wrong hands or used for nefarious purposes, it puts all of us at risk.&#34;<br/><br/>Your carrier knows where you are because the network has to. Who else got to know was a business decision.<br/><br/>@FCC 2026-10-10T21:06:35Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqspekq2axqhr0t88yrlwq60smgw3tl9s2ruv0hl39d0apjpsa39pqqzyp3dcze6s5r6l83kzesc4q4f5acdnpl7gl4grxxhnlgm6lz9sycj5nhspyq Tor Project put out a statement on its relationship with Mullvad. Worth a read if you care who&#39;s actually steering the privacy infra you rely on. We run a public Tor relay ourselves, this stuff matters. 2026-10-10T09:00:17Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsfvtl5tzs0t37m2qttl6jxh42yx48z8hqnptmv45p6mjhded9vw5szyp3dcze6s5r6l83kzesc4q4f5acdnpl7gl4grxxhnlgm6lz9sycj5cfaxlk Most of the &#34;my eSIM is broken&#34; messages we get are not about a broken eSIM.<br/><br/>The phone is holding onto 5G and the roaming line cannot keep a session on it. Force 4G/LTE, toggle airplane mode, and it connects. It is the first thing our support asks because it clears a large share of tickets on its own.<br/><br/>Not a glamorous answer. It is the true one, and it spares you a refund request we would have to decline because the line was never faulty. 2026-10-09T21:11:36Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsyva27t7srtfrkgaxgp5upj9d7yvdxzx7v4yv9mjjxya29q8rtmgczyp3dcze6s5r6l83kzesc4q4f5acdnpl7gl4grxxhnlgm6lz9sycj5vyhjd3 Don&#39;t give your ID for an eSIM. <br/><br/>ID ties a legal identity to a number, and that number to carrier location data. Telecom databases are frequent breach targets.<br/><br/>Some countries require registration by law. Where it is optional, don&#39;t volunteer it. 2026-10-09T16:08:00Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsvqmy0t84k54culmg7r5u3jr9c2qr9ftm3792glq7uc99r9xu3p4szyp3dcze6s5r6l83kzesc4q4f5acdnpl7gl4grxxhnlgm6lz9sycj5vmkv2q Are you into privacy? <br/><br/>Name 3 apps that aren&#39;t selling your data. 2026-10-09T14:53:14Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs8csx2hdykqwytk0r9dstjzpgwprakydj22mts8rt0ph8ggm9vl3czyp3dcze6s5r6l83kzesc4q4f5acdnpl7gl4grxxhnlgm6lz9sycj5lgs3j2 No reason every service needs to know everything about you. Privacy is a right, not a setting. 2026-10-09T14:01:13Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsrc7rhetz3q4zx32kmvg0l6ya6fe4zw4k4wjlu5pezqakvkr6cghczyp3dcze6s5r6l83kzesc4q4f5acdnpl7gl4grxxhnlgm6lz9sycj56y0rpf Message our support and the agent sees the order id you paste, the eSIM&#39;s status, and whatever is in that thread. That&#39;s the whole file.<br/><br/>Some problems take longer for it. We can&#39;t pull up &#34;your account&#34; because there isn&#39;t one. We&#39;d rather have that than a customer database. 2026-10-08T21:21:39Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqstr6fe8ex2p00rryz6kh6ng3fvt7j3m5v49m8uwskp9ntjd696y7gzyp3dcze6s5r6l83kzesc4q4f5acdnpl7gl4grxxhnlgm6lz9sycj5ejz4jf DON&#39;T give your number to sign up.<br/>DON&#39;T give your ID for an eSIM. <br/>DON&#39;T give your name for a phone plan. 2026-10-08T16:44:53Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs2uhgv2es96dv9twjjc368m3m6xyss4gk0j5nkr66ygk6zkzyznzczyp3dcze6s5r6l83kzesc4q4f5acdnpl7gl4grxxhnlgm6lz9sycj5047s5z Vous installez GrapheneOS. Vous durcissez le navigateur. Vous virez Google de l&#39;appareil.<br/><br/>Puis vous insérez une SIM enregistrée à votre nom, et vous rendez votre identité à l&#39;opérateur.<br/><br/>Un téléphone verrouillé sur une ligne nominative, c&#39;est un coffre-fort avec votre adresse gravée sur la porte. 2026-10-07T21:15:54Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs2kn4fr8tcpuqfc8wq7e6m35t9g974g8ynklklw2ww4ytl8cluu5gzyp3dcze6s5r6l83kzesc4q4f5acdnpl7gl4grxxhnlgm6lz9sycj5zdk8rf Three things a custom ROM can&#39;t change about your phone, however hard you harden it.<br/><br/>The IMEI. It&#39;s burned into the modem at the factory. Every tower you connect to logs it, and it&#39;s still the same after a wipe, a new SIM, and a new OS.<br/><br/>The baseband. A separate computer with its own firmware. GrapheneOS keeps the OS away from it as far as the hardware allows, but it doesn&#39;t run it and can&#39;t audit it. Nobody outside the chip vendor really can.<br/><br/>The line. Whatever name is on the SIM is who the carrier thinks you are, and no ROM touches that. If the SIM has your passport attached, you hardened the phone and left the network side wide open. 2026-10-06T21:33:19Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsv5mxp5qkputv0vs2878hsj2r8stfu4ny679hf8g3jmaxne4m8yvgzyp3dcze6s5r6l83kzesc4q4f5acdnpl7gl4grxxhnlgm6lz9sycj5uvhcc3 If you pay us by card, you are not anonymous. Not to us, and not to Stripe.<br/><br/>Stripe sees the card, the name on it, and the email it asks for. We never see or store any of that, but it exists, and a court order to Stripe would find it.<br/><br/>Crypto is the only way to buy from us that leaves no name anywhere. We would rather say that plainly than let you believe a card payment is private because the checkout had no login. 2026-10-05T21:32:57Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsw45wl8nuu2vpw90w09dtnvh7su9fxfd76seqfst7u2eg0q00qh5szyp3dcze6s5r6l83kzesc4q4f5acdnpl7gl4grxxhnlgm6lz9sycj5zkhm25 In 2018 the Supreme Court looked at what a phone&#39;s tower records reveal and wrote the clearest description of carrier surveillance that exists. Chief Justice Roberts, for the majority:<br/><br/>&#34;Cell phones continuously scan their environment looking for the best signal, which generally comes from the closest cell site.&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;Much like GPS tracking of a vehicle, cell phone location information is detailed, encyclopedic, and effortlessly compiled.&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;While individuals regularly leave their vehicles, they compulsively carry cell phones with them all the time.&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;when the Government tracks the location of a cell phone it achieves near perfect surveillance, as if it had attached an ankle monitor&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;With access to CSLI, the Government can now travel back in time to retrace a person’s whereabouts&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;Unlike the nosy neighbor who keeps an eye on comings and goings, they are ever alert, and their memory is nearly infallible.&#34;<br/><br/>That record exists because the network needs it to route your calls. Which name sits on it is the only part you get to choose.<br/><br/>Carpenter v. United States, 2018 2026-10-04T21:25:15Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsdttuz9z6xze02fhfrlyrnuy9wmv0p3chae2jy452ehetw8uuqggqzyp3dcze6s5r6l83kzesc4q4f5acdnpl7gl4grxxhnlgm6lz9sycj58gh0jy Naomi Brockwell at NBTV does not have a SIM in her phone, which turns every routine phone number field into a small standoff. Her writeup on what to say and what to use instead is more practical than it sounds.<br/><br/>&#34;Not a VoIP number. It demanded a real SIM-based cell number.&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;It becomes a unique identifier tying all our activities together.&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;Cell numbers record your location in what’s known as a Home Location Registry, and this becomes a map of everywhere you’ve been.&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;Telecom providers are notorious for selling your location data.&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;I don’t currently have a working number.&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;They just don’t like VoIP.&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;You do not have to make it easy for them.&#34;<br/><br/>The number you reuse everywhere is the thread that stitches all the other data about you together.<br/><br/>@naomibrockwell 2026-10-03T15:30:56Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs8m57skdwq88f8zwwgn23jzyfk3d0ny66tq5jmydkvzq4er9946vszyp3dcze6s5r6l83kzesc4q4f5acdnpl7gl4grxxhnlgm6lz9sycj5yhdx75 Account recovery is the front door most people leave open.<br/><br/>A strong password protects the login. The recovery phone number bypasses it. Whoever controls that number, through a SIM swap or a port-out, controls the account.<br/><br/>The recovery number is the account. 2026-10-03T15:14:27Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsymaaly9y44fyvp5424xktpfh92may3583y7shfpr4j855c2g2y5czyp3dcze6s5r6l83kzesc4q4f5acdnpl7gl4grxxhnlgm6lz9sycj5gxkzx7 You switched DNS to something private. Good. Now check who resolves it when you are on mobile data with a captive portal, a VPN reconnect, or private DNS set to automatic.<br/><br/>Automatic means the carrier. The setting that matters is the one that says hostname, not automatic. 2026-10-02T15:17:05Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsqe3dtx6qgexftrk6f4ryaen0rhzpa6t5hawjzhlmhee2tqp47u6qzyp3dcze6s5r6l83kzesc4q4f5acdnpl7gl4grxxhnlgm6lz9sycj5zvcqxf Find us at Dark Prague, we have something for you.🐹<br/>@InstituteCrypto 2026-10-02T13:30:27Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsqh7ft5qfhyjpjqkppp5m8xl6aku5gq4wzgzgexpmt9zgdxu0e0xqzyp3dcze6s5r6l83kzesc4q4f5acdnpl7gl4grxxhnlgm6lz9sycj59lnldv We run a Tor relay and a Nostr relay out of the same budget as the ads we do not buy.<br/><br/>A privacy company that only consumes the network it depends on is a tourist. Contributing capacity is the rent.<br/><br/>You can see both in the public relay lists. No trust required. 2026-10-01T15:27:10Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqspjtvr7pwra8yjhwr486758h6eq93vm6vq2uqxk5a8clfyrd7ca6qzyp3dcze6s5r6l83kzesc4q4f5acdnpl7gl4grxxhnlgm6lz9sycj5gt2tc8 Border device searches don&#39;t need malware. Officers can ask for the phone and image it.<br/><br/>What helps: fewer accounts signed in, cloud data actually in the cloud rather than cached locally, full disk encryption, and powering fully off before the queue so the keys aren&#39;t in memory. 2026-09-30T15:06:07Z